The flower slowly emerged from the remnants of the mountainside.  According to the forest rangers of the Meilan village, Jinfeng town, the stone flower was discovered by an elderly villager about a month ago when he was collecting firewood deep in the forest.

The village head Ran Zaizhong believes that the ‘stone flower’ is a gift from nature and reveals that the township officials will protect the ‘stone flower’ and develop the location as a scenic local attraction. The villagers have now built a path through the woods so that people can easily visit the location.

Geologist Dr. Meng Youyan, after studying pictures of the ‘stone flower’ said the so-called petals are in fact 300 million-year-old chert nodules.

A thief with no arms managed to steal a 24-inch TV in Munich, Germany. He had two accomplices who used clamps to fix the TV to his body.

When the staff noticed that the TV was missing from its stand they looked back at CCTV recordings and saw the armless thief walking out of the store with their TV attached to his body.

“It’s hard to believe that the sight of an armless man walking along with a giant TV clamped to his body did not get anyone’s attention,” said a police spokesman.

A Polish man takes the stupidity to a whole new level. After being out drinking with his friends, he wasn´t sure if he was too drunk to drive. So what did he do?

He drove to a police station and asked officers if he was too drunk to drive. The nearest station was too far for him to walk and so he decided to drive there.

Police officers did a breath test on him and found that he was over the drink drive limit. He was arrested for drink-driving and lost his driving license. Stupid right?

The billboard below has caused outrage in a Chinese city by featuring what appears to be a man hanging from a rope. What looks like a man is actually a mannequin hanging from the top of the billboard.

The advertisement it self is a reference to the global financial crisis and it reads: “It’s better to invest money here than put it into the stock market.”

Creative director behind the ad said that the aim was to catch people’s attention but many people were terrified bacuase they thought it was a real suicide.

After receiving many complaints, the local industry and trade bureau took down the mannequin.

Ling Chunjiang is a 45 year old Chinese man who started to practice kung fu with his grandfather when he was eight years old. Using specially made goggles, he is able to blow air from his eyes through a hose and put out 12 candles in one minute.

Besides blowing out candles with his eyes he has one more talent. He can hit off the bottom of a beer bottle while keeping the rest of it intact.

“I used to have a small restaurant. In my free time I would fill the empty bottles and strike the tops for fun. Once I was surprised to find I could hit off the bottom without damaging the rest,” Ling said.

His wife is producing way to much milk for their baby daughter and he doesn´t want the extra milk to go to waste so he is selling it online.

Li Jun said that he is not out to make a profit and if a family is really in poverty he would provide them the milk for free.

Caffè Latte anybody?

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X-RAy-Tube sparks regulator

Spark regulators work by adjusting the distance between two conductors such that a spark will flow with sufficient voltage difference to cross the gap. The mechanism is used for switching in things like Tesla coils, but their size is generally less impressive than this fine pair of brass cojones.

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Jacobs Ladder

Any kind of Tesla device will do, from coils to plasma balls. we’ve covered coils in a separate list, so how about a nice Jacob’s Ladder.

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Large Knife Switch

For that authentic re-animator moment, you will need the largest knife switch that you can find. An ordinary rocker switch would be pathetic. Preferably it should be made of brass and Bakelite.

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Bakelite Voltmeter

Clearly not Victorian, but for a late 20’s setting, magnetic coil meters from as late as the 40s will do. Like these, they can be gotten for around $40.

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Glass Distilling Apparatus

The classic experiment in the background of all mad scientist labs, involves some form of distillation, since this involves complicated glassware with spiral condensers. A Friedrichs condenser is particularly attractive.The kit above will set you back $90, but you will need some large flasks, retort stands and an old brass Bunsen burner.

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Van de Graaf generator

Mad hair is the cliche of mad scientist labs, despite the fact that the scientists and mad hair post dates their Victorian to late Edwardian setting. For instant mad hair you need 1,000,000 volts of static charge. A Van de Graaf generator will do this easily

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Gelatin Model Corpse

Corpus Delicti (body of a crime) is a theater performance where a realistic dissection is performed on a gelatin model caste from a cadaver. You really want one of these.

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Bell Jar

Shelves should be lined with cylindrical or bell jar specimens suspended in formaldehyde, and on the table, as big a vacuum pump bell jar that you can find or improvise.

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Surgeons Head Mirror

Every profession has its outfit. The mad scientist one is easy – a white lab coat, but as a result can look like a cheap Halloween outfit. Invest in a decent authentic head mirror, they still make them

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DiY Saline Electrode Set

This is from a page labeled build your own EEG at home. Clearly only a mad person would to do that. Such genius.

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Gas Lamp Chandelier

Obligatory gas lighting is an absolute pre-requisite for the Victorian lab look, despite the fact that the lab will be decorated with a multitude of early electrical devices

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Antique Diving Shoes

Frankenstein’s monster was really big and needed really solid shoes. Antique diving shoes are perfect. The crippling effect on the ability to walk on dry land, will have someone wandering around like Dr. F’s monster in no time. Good luck finding them.

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